Moccasins – The Leather Retailers' and Manufacturers' Journal

Oak Street Bootmakers: Rebuilding the Footwear Landscape

By Gene Fowler

There are many steps in building a handmade shoe.

Longtime Chicago-area shoe repairman John Vlagos chuckles recalling his reaction upon first learning that his son, George, was starting the handmade footwear business, Oak Street Bootmakers. “I Read more

Alkahest Moccasins & Leathercrafts — custom-made goods hand-built in the wild heart of Oregon’s high alpine country

Alkahest Leather founders Dustin Lyons and Tiera Ptacek at an art fair.

By Lynn Ascrizzi

Eight years ago, on a fine spring Read more

Oak Street Bootmakers: Rebuilding the Footwear Landscape

“Ah, Wilderness!”

Alkahest Moccasins & Leathercrafts — custom-made goods hand-built in the wild heart of Oregon’s high alpine country